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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Buntu comes out of the bar to join Sizwe in Part 4, what does he suggest?

2. Who starts leading the way to go home when Sizwe and Buntu leave the bar on their first night out?

3. What does Buntu say to Sizwe in regards to seeing Sizwe's information in Part 3?

4. After seeing Sizwe's information, what does Buntu realize?

5. What does Buntu says he sympathizes with Sizwe for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The central question of the play asks what defines identity: one's name or one's actions. Explore whether the play offers an answer to this question, or whether it remains ambiguous.

Essay Topic 2

Explore the ways the playwright uses unseen characters such as Sizwe's wife, Noweto, and Zola to suggest aspects of the main characters' lives outside of the action on stage. In your answer, take note of the fact that there are no white characters mentioned in the play, only the general authority they hold over blacks in South Africa.

Essay Topic 3

What narrative devices does the playwright use to paint a vivid picture of frustration and persecution in the black community under Apartheid?

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